nelson

[ nel-suhn ]

nounWrestling.
  1. a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.

Origin of nelson

1
First recorded in 1885–90; special use of name Nelson

Other definitions for Nelson (2 of 2)

Nelson
[ nel-suhn ]

noun
  1. Viscount Horatio, 1758–1805, British admiral.

  2. (John) Byron, 1911–2006, U.S. golf player.

  1. Prince Rogers. Prince (def. 2).

  2. a river in central Canada, flowing northeast from Lake Winnipeg to Hudson Bay. 400 miles (645 km) long.

  3. a seaport on northern South Island, in New Zealand.

  4. a male given name.

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How to use nelson in a sentence

  • Finally the Nelsons' maid came trudging up the stairs to answer it herself.

  • Grant scooped up the rolling sphere and heard Nelsons sharp cry to put it to first.

  • The ball was batted and thrown around listlessly, and Nelsons efforts to wake the fellows up bore no fruit.

  • We were standing in right with the majority of the baseball team, and Nelsons act at Wyndham would have helped us along.

  • Helen made a wry face at the name; the Nelsons were a family of Methodists who lived across the way.

    King Midas | Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for nelson (1 of 3)

nelson

/ (ˈnɛlsən) /


noun
  1. any wrestling hold in which a wrestler places his arm or arms under his opponent's arm or arms from behind and exerts pressure with his palms on the back of his opponent's neck: See full nelson, half-nelson

Origin of nelson

1
C19: from a proper name

British Dictionary definitions for Nelson (2 of 3)

Nelson1

/ (ˈnɛlsən) /


noun
  1. a town in NW England, in E Lancashire: textile industry. Pop: 28 998 (2001)

  2. a port in New Zealand, on N South Island on Tasman Bay. Pop: 45 300 (2004 est)

  1. River Nelson a river in central Canada, in N central Manitoba, flowing from Lake Winnipeg northeast to Hudson Bay. Length: about 650 km (400 miles)

British Dictionary definitions for Nelson (3 of 3)

Nelson2

/ (ˈnɛlsən) /


noun
  1. Horatio, Viscount Nelson. 1758–1805, British naval commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He became rear admiral in 1797 after the battle of Cape St Vincent and in 1798 almost destroyed the French fleet at the battle of the Nile. He was killed at Trafalgar (1805) after defeating Villeneuve's fleet

  2. Willie. born 1933, US country singer and songwriter

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